Cattle-guard.



No. 682,008. Patented Sept. 3, I90l. F. A. WEGNER.

CATTLE GUARD.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1900.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FREDERICK A. WEGNER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CATTLE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,008, datedSeptember 3, 1901.

Application filed August 25, 1900. Serial No. 28,041. (No model) To aZZwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. WEGNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cattle-Guards; and Ideclare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cattle-guards for railways, and has for itsobject an improved cattle-guard made from a combination of cement orconcrete and metal. The metal serves as a foundation to prevent theconcrete from being broken or destroyed and also as a holder for thepoints or sharp projections that are used to prevent animals fromwalking over or along the guard.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective showing a portion of thecattle-guard. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of one rib of thecattle-guard. Fig. 3 is a perspective showing a different style of pointor top projections from that shown in Fig. 1.

sharp downward-extending valleys and with sharp angles on the outer andunder side. At the upper angles or near the upper angles are theprojections 12 b, which serve to prevent animals from entering on theguard, and there are also provided holes 0, through which spikes may bedriven to secure the guard to the ties. Generally, however, it will bepreferable to secure the structure to ties by means of bar-plates cl andspikes a, driven through the bar-plates rather than through thesubstance of the guard itself.

Fig. 3 shows a form in which the upwardprojecting points are below thesummit of the extreme upper angles of the guard in a position where theyare efficient to prevent animals from walking along the guard, but alsoin position where they are not liable to be struck by hanging bars frompassing trains, and consequently not liable to be bent down and rendereduseless.

What I claim is- 1. In a cattle-guard, the combination of a fabricfoundation, a cement or artificial stone coating on both the under andupper sides of said fabric, the structure being formed in ridges withintervening troughs, and corresponding hollows under the ridges,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a fabric foundation, a coating of cement orartificial stone on each side thereof, and projecting points secured tothe foundation reaching through and projecting above the cement coatingon the upper side thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK A. WEGNER.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. MORAN, J OHN N. GOODRICH.

